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Mika Zibanejad
New York Rangers Center
One hundred and thirteen career power-play goals in 848 games, and a shot median of thirty-four feet.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | OTT | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 12:54 |
| 2012-13 | OTT | 42 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.8 | 13:34 |
| 2013-14 | OTT | 69 | 16 | 17 | 33 | -15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 10.5 | 14:20 |
| 2014-15 | OTT | 80 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 13.3 | 16:26 |
| 2015-16 | OTT | 81 | 21 | 30 | 51 | -2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 184 | 11.4 | 17:46 |
| 2016-17 | NYR | 56 | 14 | 23 | 37 | +9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 11.8 | 17:04 |
| 2017-18 | NYR | 72 | 27 | 20 | 47 | -23 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 212 | 12.7 | 17:58 |
| 2018-19 | NYR | 82 | 30 | 44 | 74 | -12 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 236 | 12.7 | 20:34 |
| 2019-20 | NYR | 57 | 41 | 34 | 75 | +9 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 208 | 19.7 | 21:38 |
| 2020-21 | NYR | 56 | 24 | 26 | 50 | +2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 171 | 14.0 | 20:06 |
| 2021-22 | NYR | 81 | 29 | 52 | 81 | +30 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 219 | 13.2 | 19:38 |
| 2022-23 | NYR | 82 | 39 | 52 | 91 | +25 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 251 | 15.5 | 19:58 |
| 2023-24 | NYR | 81 | 26 | 46 | 72 | +15 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 221 | 11.8 | 19:45 |
| 2024-25 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 848 | 294 | 384 | 678 | +44 | 235 | 113 | 13 | 42 | 2226 | 13.2 | 18:20 |
This Season So Far
The 2024-25 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.
Last Season
81 games, 26 goals and 46 assists for 72 points, 12 on the power play, 2 shorthanded, 30 penalty minutes, 19:45 a night and plus-15. He took 49.9 per cent of the expected goals at five-on-five over 1,086 minutes, the 52nd percentile, and his ice went 46-39 against an expectation of 44.21-44.35.
Two goals of finishing above what the chances were worth and five fewer conceded than they called for. An exactly even chance share from the man taking the hardest centre assignment on a club that finished first.
The Finesse Game
336 attempts at a median of 34 feet with 33 per cent from beyond 40, 221 on goal, converted at 11.8 per cent against a career 13.21.
384 career assists in 848 games. The one-timer from the left circle is the shot, and 113 career power-play goals is what it has produced. At five-on-five he shoots from too far out and the conversion rate says so.
The Physical Game
He is 6-2 and 208 and protects the puck below the goal line without hitting anybody.
235 career penalty minutes in 848 games is a low rate. He takes the defensive-zone draw, kills penalties, and has 13 career shorthanded goals in 848 games.
The Intangibles
Sixth overall in 2011 by Ottawa, out of Stockholm, thirteen seasons across two organisations, and 678 points in 848 games.
He is 31 and has scored between 72 and 91 points in five of the last six seasons. A 6-2 centre with a hundred and thirteen power-play goals who also kills penalties is the second-most useful forward on this roster.
The numbers underneath
On the ice
Five-on-five, 2023-24 · 1,086 minutes
- Expected goals
- 49.9%
- 52nd pct
- Shot attempts
- 50.8%
- 61st pct
share of the chances while he was out there
share of the attempts while he was out there
Goals while he was on the ice: 46 for, 39 against. Expected: 44.2 and 44.4.
The eye and the numbers
HindsightThe report ranks him 39 points above where the numbers do. It was written for a back edition, with the seasons that followed already known. Neither the agreement nor the gap says anything about the eye, and this report is excluded from the club-level comparison for the same reason. Why the numbers land there sets out the club he did it on, the minutes he played and the men he played them with.
Both bars are percentiles among the 415 skaters in this edition with a report and enough ice time. The report bar ranks the mean of the grades above — 76 on their own scale — against every other report's mean. The numbers bar ranks his share of expected goals. A gap is a disagreement about where he belongs, not two scales talking past each other.
Usual linemates
2023-24 · 1086 minutes at five-on-five
- Blake Wheeleroff the roster29%
- Kaapo Kakko23%
Share of his five-on-five ice time spent alongside each player, measured from shift charts. Special teams are excluded: a power-play unit is not a line.
Why the numbers land there
Five-on-five, 2023-24
- The club
- NYR took 50.1% of the expected goals as a club. His own share is 49.9% — 0.2 below the club he did it on.
- The role
- Second line, 1,086 minutes at five-on-five — 70th percentile in ice time.
With and without
| Teammate | Together | Him apart | Mate apart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Kreider | 50.9% | 43.0% | 49.9% |
| K'Andre Miller | 49.0% | 50.5% | 48.1% |
| Jacob Trouba | 46.6% | 51.5% | 48.4% |
50.9% together, 43.0% for him apart and 49.9% for Kreider apart. He was worse away from Kreider, who was no better away from him — he needed that pairing more than Kreider did.
Expected-goal share while both were on the ice, and for each man in the minutes he played without the other. Apart is the pair subtracted from his own totals. It does not settle who was carrying whom — apart from each other, both were still playing with somebody — but it does say whether the share travelled when the pairing broke up.
Where he shoots from
goal on goal missed
336 unblocked shots in 2023-24, 27 of them goals. His median goal came from 23 feet. 27% of his shots came from inside twenty feet, 33% from beyond forty.